Books like The Shadow of the Torturer
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe reads as ornate, enigmatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Book of the New Sun
Gene Wolfe · 1983
Shares the human + unreliable thread
83% genome match
A short, sharp shock
Kim Stanley Robinson · 1990
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Ka-zahr al-lawz aw abʻad
Mahmoud Darwish · 2005
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov · 1995
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
Obsceno pájaro de la noche
José Donoso · 1973
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Birthgrave
Tanith Lee · 1975
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Radiance
Catherynne M. Valente · 2001
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Tigana
Guy Gavriel Kay · 1990
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Quantum Thief
Hannu Rajaniemi · 2010
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Enciklopedija mrtvih
Danilo Kiš · 1983
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The golden age
John C. Wright · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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